Chef Jamie Oliver withdraws book over depiction of Indigenous Australians

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has withdrawn his latest children's book from sale after criticism it stereotyped members of Australia's Indigenous community. Oliver's "Billy and the Epic Escape", released in May, contains a passage where an Indigenous Australian girl living in foster care is abducted by the story's villain - a sensitive issue in a country where Indigenous children were for decades forcibly removed from their parents. "The publication of Jamie Oliver's children's book represents a deeply concerning example of how Indigenous people continue to face misrepresentation and cultural appropriation in mainstream media," she said in a social media post. Among the world's oldest cultures and together speaking hundreds of distinct languages, Australia's Indigenous communities have suffered centuries of discrimination since the country was colonised by Britain in the late 18th century.